Nutrient shortage triggers the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway via the GCN2-ATF4 signalling pathway.
Sci Rep
; 6: 27278, 2016 06 03.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27255611
ABSTRACT
The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) is a nutrient-sensing metabolic pathway that produces the activated amino sugar UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, a critical substrate for protein glycosylation. Despite its biological significance, little is known about the regulation of HBP flux during nutrient limitation. Here, we report that amino acid or glucose shortage increase GFAT1 production, the first and rate-limiting enzyme of the HBP. GFAT1 is a transcriptional target of the activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) induced by the GCN2-eIF2α signalling pathway. The increased production of GFAT1 stimulates HBP flux and results in an increase in O-linked ß-N-acetylglucosamine protein modifications. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that ATF4 provides a link between nutritional stress and the HBP for the regulation of the O-GlcNAcylation-dependent cellular signalling.
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Collection:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
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Activating Transcription Factor 4
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Amino Acids
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Glucose
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Hexosamines
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Sci Rep
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France